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Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
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Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
An alternative antiseptic solution to 5% povidone-iodine for regional ophthalmic blocks in patients who are allergic to iodine
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Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Anaesthetic management of a patient with infection-induced acute encephalopathy 3 (IIAE3) who had previously developed an episode of severe encephalopathy following a surgical procedure
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Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
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Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Assessing associations of fluid amount, type, and balance with acute kidney injury after major surgery
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Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
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Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Perioperative cessation of sodium –glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors: 72 hours or seven days?
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Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
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Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Perioperative management of sodium –glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors: importance of a nuanced approach
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Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Survey of occupational fatigue in anaesthetists in Australia and New Zealand
This study aimed to ascertain the sources and effects of occupational fatigue amongst anaesthetists in Australia and New Zealand. An anonymous online survey was sent to 979 anaesthetists. The response rate was 38.0%. Most participants reported regularly working over 40 hours per week; men reported five more hours per week than women. Stated contributors to fatigue included long work hours, mental strain at work, and personal and family demands. Fatigue-related behaviour was reported more by men (OR [odds ratio]=2.6) and less by respondents reporting eight or more hours of sleep before work (OR=0.6). Reporting at least one ...
Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
A clinical audit of an office-based anaesthesia service for dental procedures in Victoria
There is an increasing number of specialties performing office-based procedures, with many different providers practising in this field. Office Based Anaesthesia Solutions is a private enterprise designed to be a high-quality general anaesthesia and sedation service delivering care across 18 dental practices in Victoria. We undertook a criterion-based audit of our practice standards and outcomes. Following ethics approval, we retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients managed by our service between March 2014 and July 2017. We collected demographic data, information about anaesthesia technique, and surgical features. We...
Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Audit of ten years of donation after circulatory death experience in Queensland: observations of agonal physiology following withdrawal of cardiorespiratory support
An audit of ten years ’ experience in all patients undergoing withdrawal of cardiorespiratory support (WCRS) in the context of donation after circulatory death (DCD) was conducted in Queensland, Australia (2008 to 2017). One hundred and seventy-one patients proceeded to donation after declaration of death by circulator y criteria with loss of pulsatile arterial blood pressure (circulatory arrest) for five minutes. The demographics, times and haemodynamic observations were abstracted, de-identified and collated. The average age of patients was 43 years (standard deviation 16.1 years) and 63% were male. The median a nd mea...
Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
The safety of anaesthetising biochemically hyperthyroid patients undergoing thyroidectomy —a retrospective cohort study
Traditionally it is recommended that hyperthyroid patients should be made euthyroid prior to thyroidectomy. However, several small observational studies have reported no increase in adverse events when hyperthyroid patients undergo thyroidectomy. The aim of this study was to assess outcomes following total thyroidectomy in patients who were biochemically hyperthyroid at the time of surgery compared to those who were euthyroid. One hundred and fifty-one eligible patients undergoing thyroidectomy for hyperthyroidism between January 2012 and February 2016 were identified, of whom 57 were hyperthyroid on perioperative blood te...
Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - July 2, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Intravenous tranexamic acid and lower limb arthroplasty —a randomised controlled feasibility study
Tranexamic acid (TA) is widely reported to reduce bleeding and the risk of blood transfusion in patients undergoing lower limb arthroplasty. No study in this setting has had adequate power to examine for the effect of TA on either uncommon, but clinically important, adverse events or patient-centric endpoints. A large randomised controlled trial (RCT) is required to address these questions. As a preliminary feasibility study, we conducted an investigator-initiated, prospective, randomised, double blind placebo-controlled trial in 140 patients, aged 45 years or older, undergoing elective primary or revision hip or knee join...
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